W
Wages, slave, 37 , 74 , 126 , 179 , 195 ;
accumulation of capital by slaves from, 69 -70, 110 -11, 113 -17, 126 -28, 209 -11, 233 n22;
augmenting of slaves' rights by, 112 -13;
dependence of urban society on, 107 -8, 233 n10;
division between master and slave, 23 , 25 , 53 , 64 -65, 109 -10, 127 -28, 163 ;
enlargement of marital choice by, 151 -52;
guarantee of, in ownership transfers, 169 , 170 , 173 , 240 n15;
as interest payment on manumission loan, 76 -77;
payment by panadería , 182 , 187 , 212 ;
profits to owners from, 108 -10, 115 -16;
retroactive payment of, after abolition, 78 ;
from sale of free labor, 69 -70;
as source of capital for slaveholders, 64 -65;
as source of marital tension, 259 -60, 161 ;
support of children from, 123 , 124 , 126 -27;
testamentary manumission as repayment of, 70 -71
Walker, Charles, 223 n28
Wars of independence: guerrilla activity in, 90 -91;
impact on urban labor, 22 -23;
involvement of slaves in, 21 -22, 23 , 25 , 28 , 86 -88, 222 n21;
lives of slaves during, 23 , 25 ;
promises of freedom for slaves, 26 , 86 -87, 90 , 223 n22;
survival of slavery after, 26 -27, 28
Westphalia Treaty, 8
White, Deborah G., 206
Will (testament), 70 -73, 111 -12, 233 n15
Womb assignment, 12 , 21 , 120 , 126 , 179
Women, 54 ;
competition for, 155 , 235 n4;
departure from haciendas, 32 -33, 80 -83, 84 , 93 , 204 , 205 , 230 n58;
distribution of, in slave population, 42 , 43 , 44 -46, 95 , 129 , 221 n4, 226 n11;
in labor market, 84 , 113 -15, 116 -17, 205 ;
sexual relations with slaveholders, 129 -37, 138 -39, 155 , 200 -201, 206 -7;
social status of, 205 -6;